Plant-shield.



BATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

J. MARTIN.

PLANT SHIELD.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.27,1908.

WITNESSES i/VVEf/TQR r/ 1/0/62? MQ/ f H.,

zen of the United States, and residing at panying drawing forms a part, in which the same on a larger scale than that shown in fication, I have shown at a. an ordinary bean pole which is stuck into the ground I) in the ".metalpivot'edtogether at d and the edges of ,otal connection (1 and centrally'oi' the shield opening d the walls of which are adapted to UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

JOHN MARTIN, OF IRVlNGTON, NEW YO RK-f PLANT-SHIE LD Application filed April 27,

To all whom it may concern;

Be t known that I, JonN MARTIN, a c1t1-' Irvington-on-Hudson, in the county of Westchester and State oil New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plant-Shields, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

I This invention relates to plant shields for use by gardeners, and the object thereof is to provide a device of this class particularly de, signed for use as a protection for Lima beans between the time vol planting and the appearance thereof above the ground'and the formation of leaves.

It is a well known fact that Lima. beans or. the s routs therefrom are easily and frequent y destroyed by rain during this period, and. in fact a single shower will do this, and iny invention is intended to protect Lima beans from rain during said period.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol: lowing specification, of which the accomseparate parts of my improvement are desig nated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a view showing my improved plant shield applied to a bean pole, and the method of :sing said shield, Fig. 2- a plan view of the shield detached and showing the Fig. 1, and ;-Fig. 3 a side view of the shield as shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawing forming part of this speciusualmanner, and I have also indicated at c the planted beans.

In the practice of my invention 1- provide a shield d, which in the construction shown is circular in form, but which may be octagonal, angular or of any desired shape. The

tion shown, of two separate pieces d of sheet which overlap as shown at (1 .1 The separate parts of the shield are provided at their pivwith segmental recesses forming a central Specification of Letters Patent.

. 'Patented se ptf :1; -90s.; 1908. Serial No. 429,358. v

fit around the pole a, and in practice the sepa'rate parts of the shield are opened'at one side by swinging them on their pivotal connectionso'it'hat the pole a may be passed into the openin d after which the separate parts of the shield are swunginto the closed posi-' tion as shown in the drawing. One part of the shieldis provided around theopemng (1 in the form of construction shown, with 'a segmental collar 0 having an angular flange e to which is pivoted a-flexible arm f havin notches or recesses f inits bottom ed e, ant secured to the'other part of the shidld is a flexible arm g having an angular flange g and thearm g is provided in its upper edge with notches or recesses g and in the form of construction shown, ohe end of the arm' 9 is also connected with'the pivotal pin at (1 When the shield has been put on't'he bean pole a as shown in Fig. 1 thearms f and g'are [drawn together and interlocked, and this causes the shield to securely grasp thepole a and remain inthe desired position thereon.

My invention however, is notlimited' to the particular means herein shown and described for securing the shield tothe pole, and any suitable device or devices may-be employed for that purpose.

In practice, after the beans have been tion until the beans have appeared above-the "ground and leaves'have formed thereon, af- .ter; which the shield may be removed as the dangerof destruction by rain is over;

' It will ,be understood that my impr d shield may be used for rotecting other plants as-well as beans, w enever desired} and while I have described the shield as com posed of sheet metal;- it will be apparent that other material may be employed, and various changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

I claim as new and desire to se clure by Letters Patent, is

' A plant jshield'composed of separate parts pivotally connected and adapted tof,rotateone. upon another and totbeiropened atone- Having fully described my mvention, what I side and the edges of which are adapted to I my invention I have signed my name in pres overlap when closed, said-i-shield when the enee of thesubseribingwitnesses thiSZZBrd-dey separate parts are closed together being provided with a central opening, and means for 5 locking the parts together anti securing the Witnesses:

shield to a pole. J OHN R. FARIEL,

i 'In testimony that I elaim'the foregoing as MICHAEL DINAN;

of April 1908.

JOHN MARTIN. 

